Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-25

self, but he saw that there wss 81
excellent opportunity to increase his
bank account by deals in real estate.
There were 9 number of Old lsnd attOr-
news who had great deal Of money tied
up in land scrip. They were anxious to
Unload, and were delighted when Hill
came into the market as buyer. lie
was ready t. take up everything that Wss
offered az figures which ne thought gave
a chance to make turn. His associates, !
who had not his nerve, thought ne was
insane, but they took his money and his
notes in exchange for their scrip. For
about year ne had al exceedingly hard
time to meet his obligations, but at last his
turn came and money began to roll in upon
him. His hundreds turned to thousands and
those who thought him a fool began TO
look upon him IS genius. He had OC
CasIOnsl reyeIses but throughout every
thing he showed wonderful "nerve" and
courage. Two or three years ago when
the resl estate mania first broke out, he
was among the drst to see that the no tn
west part of Washington was the field
| for the Spectator. Mrs. Mckee Dunn
had purchased the Columbia College
/ properly, on the heights ABOVE the city,
| for $50, 900. Hill gave her nearly as
much more for her bargain. Again hi7
/ friends thought that he he'd lost mis- mind,
| but he cleared 500, 000 by the trade, aud
was again placed as genius of the first
magnitude.
He secured a ground floor place in the
| GOgebiC iron mines in Michigan and
caught the Seattle boom in Washington
territory Dv the right end. In fact, ne uss
! been phenOmenally successful in 81 his
| speCulatiOns, and instead of sitting st 8
! desk in the land office in constant fear Of
( dismissal, he can swing IN hammock all
/ day, if ne wants to, and calmly cut cOu-
pons from the bonds which his Judgment
has made for him. lie is estimated to be
worth 81 zoe, 600, and MS wealth is in
CTeasing daily,
HENRY CLAWS EENEFACTORS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, July ~ Perhaps no
man in public life in the United States
ever hsd so strong personal following
as Henry Clay. His friends were every
where, and they were so numerous that
he himself never knew them nalf by
name. When the Chill Boy of the
Slsshesr Yves the candidate Of the Wings
for the presidency il became known that
he hal overdrswn his bank account at
the Maysville Bank for g considerable
sum one day three gentIeTen, strsu-
gers to President Scott Of nat Institution.
called at the bank and asked Mr.. Scott
how much Clay had overdrawu. He re-
piled tersely that that was nOhe Of their
81 F.s IL -..Af In 3 n.
hsDit Of telling strangers the private
affairs of its customers The visitors
said that they had come TO make
the account good and that they had
asked the question tina. they might know
now much would be required Of them
That placed q different phsse on the STU
alton, and Mr.. Scott told Whem that Mr..
Claws account was OveTdraWn 20 an
amount apprONimeting 1000 The
visitors opened their ssddlebsgs and i'm
mediateiy paid over the amount. Mr.
Scott tried to find out who they were, but
was unsuccessful, and up 70 the day Of
his Heath he never knew who were the
beuefaCtOrs Of his customer. Mr. scOtt'-
son, now a resident of Bloomington, Ill.,
would be Interested to know VINO were
the riders who carried so, 900 in theiI
saddleb5gs 10 save the name Of Henry
Cav, but no one has yet been able TO en-
tighten him.
COULDN'T READ HIS OwN Writing.
Special to the Gazette.
WAsHINGToN, July 24-IU tl.s core
spondence last week an amusing story
was told Of the diHi5ulty which q certain
official experiences in trying to decipnel
his own handwriting. number of gen
] 81 IN III r1rr e
front Of the Ebbitt house iast 5eyeulDg
when one of them said: THAT reminds
me of q story which Lot Morrill, once TOLD
me Of his own writing, II was at the
time when Major Dunn OF tue army was
paving attention 10 the Senator's daUgl-
ter The young people had come TO 81
, understanding, out Miss Morrill, though
that papa's consent ought to be CJtsiuel
before they proceeded further. MaIo
3 Dunn wrote g nice letJc
TO papa in which ne requested tina
the future Of the young lady might o'
: COuhded to his care. Senator Morn.
! could read the signature but the rest @
, the letter was worse than Greek 20 him
He Fdiyined its contents, however, and s
once wrote reply in which the desire
consent was given. Dunn took It TO his
ladY-lOve with the remsrs "He-e'
your fathers letter" "Wnst does hi
say?" eagerly enquiret the yourg lady
q 81 have been trying TO ind out eve
e since l received it, was the answer
Z ''butI can make nothing ont Ct it, MIS-
t Morrill, tried to read the note out she
$ too. failed. "Never mind said TIT
, lover, 1--WE will get married anyhow >
T And they were married. Mrs. Dunn hs
I both those letters framed. She say
there Is not q person on earth who ca
t read either Of them.
q Here is another. During the war
/ quantity Of personal property DeionEiD.
= TO = resident OF Washington Was SEIZE
{ and c0ntsceted by the United States. 70
p years the original owner made repeate
4 attempts 20 secure an order for It's resJu
= ration from the qusrtermaster who aa
D charge Of it. But he was O5duTate, an
r insisted that It should be restored on.
D through an act Of congress. 5 i'll tn
I attorney for the claimant persisted, ar
q sgsin he wrote TO luarteTmsster-Gen
e Meiggs for an order Of rest.ration Thl
J., was a5ou, tae seventh attempt and IA
f oaicer had grown impatient. lie wrote
e an exceedingly vigorous reply
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